I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 39

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【Chapter 39】

Scritch—

Standing on my tiptoes, I proudly crossed out the sentence “Try Bell Ditching” written in crayon.

It meant I had succeeded on my bucket list.

‘In my previous life, I couldn’t try it due to moral issues, but here someone volunteered to be bell-ditched…!’

Now, what is bell ditching?

Also known as ring the bell and run.

An old children’s game where kids would ring strangers’ doorbells and run away—a prank with zero civic consciousness.

“Kyaa—!”

My trembling heart made me unconsciously bounce my legs on the floor.

It was a bit childish, but I wanted to try it.

Now I can just let disappointing things pass, but why do childhood grievances leave such lingering regrets?

In my previous life, when I was an elementary student, I used to watch children playing outside through the window.

Back then, I was cooped up in my room because of my relatives’ disapproving looks.

‘But now I can play confidently!’

Ahem.

I steeled myself and entered the Third Castle, standing before the massive door.

This was Nox’s bedroom and quarters where he could rest, though he had to work 24 hours as Croste’s aide.

Knock knock—

When I knocked with my small fist.

“…Uh, yes. Who is it?”

I could sense someone who seemed to have just woken up approaching with unsteady steps.

“The maids don’t come at this hour either… who could it be?”

The moment Nox, who had been muttering perfect soliloquies, opened the door—

“Kyaa, it was bell ditching!”

I stuck my tongue out at Nox and ran away at full speed, gritting my teeth.

“Wait, hey…!”

I could feel the flustered Nox taking off his pajama hat and chasing after me.

A thrilling sensation like riding a roller coaster captured all my senses.

This moment of running away, almost getting caught but not quite.

This was the most thrilling and fun moment.

Patter patter—

After whooshing through the corridor and reaching the castle entrance, I sneakily hid behind the open gate and peeked out just my head.

“…Nox?”

Nox was nowhere to be seen.

Could this be bell-ditch ignoring…?

Bell ring and ignore—ignoring the child who does bell ditching.

For a child doing bell ditching, a sense of emptiness equivalent to a death sentence washed over me.

No way. Nox?

After I worked so hard to run all the way here?

Feeling inexplicably sulky, I stomped back.

“…Nox! You promised to play with me! …Huh?”

When I retraced my steps, there was a huge man collapsed in the middle of the corridor.

Nox in pajamas was lying face down, clutching his white pajama hat in his hand.

“Nox?”

Creep creep—

I approached him with baby crab steps, trying to hide my presence.

“Got you.”

“Ahhh!”

When his long arm, which had been motionless like he was dead, grabbed my ankle, I was so startled I crackled like I’d been electrocuted.

“Haa. Haa—.”

Thrilling.

Bell ditching was fun when successful, but getting caught was also fun.

Of course, in my previous life, if I’d actually been caught, I would have gone to the police station.

“Are you satisfied now?”

Nox, still lying face down but lifting only his head, asked.

“Yes! Completely! Bucket list success!”

“That’s good news.”

When I gave him a thumbs up, his expressionless lips curved up slightly.

“Haha. That was fun. Nox, please do it again.”

“Pardon?”

With a 5-year-old’s stamina, I’d probably need to do this five times to be satisfied.

“Please do it again. It’s fun.”

“How about playing hospital instead?”

“Hospital, what?”

Thud.

Nox, who had flipped his prone body to lie spread-eagle, turned his head slightly.

“I’m the patient. You’re the doctor, Princess.”

“…”

I looked at Nox and muttered.

“Seeing you lying in the corridor, rather than patient and doctor, you look like a corpse and I look like an undertaker.”

That’s when it happened.

“Princess, Princess! Oh my, there you are!”

Mai was looking for me from far away.

‘What’s gotten into the usually calm Mai?’

Mai’s voice tone rising meant something good had happened.

“Mai? What is it?!”

I, who had been solemnly covering Nox’s face with the white pajama hat, stood up.

“The cat you brought has woken up!”

“Whaaaat?!”

I’m going right now. Kitty.

“Kitty!”

I cried out for the young and precious life and rushed out of the castle.

* * *

“To think the Princess would be so happy. I’m glad the cat got healthy… huh?”

While watching Aisha run off innocently, Mai walking down the corridor tripped on something and looked down.

In front of her shoe heel was a man lying with white cloth covering his face.

“A, a dead body. Knights! Knights!”

Due to Mai’s commotion, instead of Aisha who had played undertaker, knights came looking for Nox.

“…Please just kill me.”

“Pardon?!”

“Never mind.”

Surrounded by knights and Mai, Nox closed his eyes.

This was the price for indulging a child who asked him to play.

* * *

At that moment.

When I entered the main castle and opened the infirmary door, physician Delta greeted me with a bright smile.

“Welcome, Princess.”

“What about the cat?!”

I should have greeted him first out of politeness, but the words just burst out of me.

Oh. My. How unbecoming of a princess.

“Hello, Doctor Delta.”

I greeted him with a bright smile and immediately got to the point.

“So what about the cat?!”

“Hehe. I knew you’d be delighted to hear about it. Look over here.”

He wore a kind smile as he guided me to a corner near the fireplace.

Thanks to the fireplace, warm air filled the infirmary.

A rattan basket was placed on a thick rug.

Inside the basket lined with warm blankets—

Purr.

A kitten the size of my two palms put together was curled up like an ammonite, fast asleep.

Cute.

‘So cute I could die.’

My breath grew heavier as I covered my mouth with my small hands.

“Is it all better from being sick?”

“Of course. It’s perfectly healthy now. It was running around the infirmary for a while, probably hunting mice, and just fell asleep.”

“Since it’s sleeping, would it be difficult to take it to my bedroom?”

“Difficult? It’s your cat, Princess.”

The doctor picked up the sleeping cat.

“Since it’s a kitten, it sleeps a lot. It won’t wake up easily from normal movements. Please take it to your bedroom quickly.”

“Wh, whoa…”

As I carefully took the cat in my arms, it purred briefly before burying its head in my embrace.

It was such a small thing when I found it at the circus too.

Though back then its fur was dirty and it had a lot of eye discharge.

Now it seemed to have been bathed—its fur was white, and there was no eye discharge on its closed eyes.

“Let’s go to big sister’s bedroom, baby.”

I walked slowly down the corridor, carefully holding the ball of fluff.

I hadn’t gotten permission from the Guard to keep a cat yet, but.

‘Just in case, I wrote “raise a cat” on my bucket list, so he’ll definitely give me permission.’

As I was walking so carefully.

“…the Allosini in the north were acting strange. The thing is…”

I heard the sound of people gathering for a serious report.

What’s this?

When I turned my head, I saw a door that appeared to lead to a meeting room was slightly open instead of closed.

The conversation continued to flow out through the gap like a radio.

“What do you mean by ‘not normal’?”

Oh. Is the Guard in there too?

Serious matters were serious, but welcome things were welcome.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I pressed my ear to the wall while holding the sleeping cat.

“Well… I could hardly believe it myself when I heard…”

“What is it? Stop dawdling and speak quickly.”

“A, a monster spoke.”

At the man’s confession, the meeting room fell surprisingly quiet.

I felt the same way.

Beyond surprised, I was so stunned it was like being hit in the back of the head with a blunt object.

“…What did it say?”

After maintaining silence for a long while, the Guard asked—

“It was like baby babbling. Something like ‘uwauweo’ or ‘ah, I’m alive.’ That’s what it seemed to say.”

“Are you sure it was a monster?”

“It was definitely a four-legged animal-type Allosini. Its eyes were purple too.”

At the knight’s words, the meeting room fell quiet again.

Some people coughed awkwardly, as if they couldn’t believe it.

And I froze stiff at this bewildering story.

The original story had gone off track again.

The fact that monsters could speak.

The novel [Sword of Judgment] was about the male protagonist unifying the two kingdoms, but the most important keyword in that situation was ‘monsters.’

The incident occurred because Callipus, who had been guarding the north, changed his mind and ignored the crumbling ice wall.

The protagonist executed Callipus and became the ice wall himself, destroying the monsters.

‘If monsters had spoken, it would have definitely been mentioned in the original.’

I had never seen anything like that. Then there was only one conclusion.

Some action I had unconsciously taken had become a butterfly effect again, derailing the original story.

‘What did I do?’

I was lost in thought when.

“Meow-ung.”

A cute cry that sounded like waking up came from within my arms.

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